Yelwa
Yelwa, or Yauri, is a town in Kebbi State in Nigeria. This is an interesting, picturesque town where the Niger River is part of the scenery.- Type: Town
- Description: settlement in Kebbi State, Nigeria
- Also known as: “Jauris”
Yelwa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Yelwa Central, Yauri, Kebbi State, North West Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
10.8332° or 10° 49′ 59″ north
Longitude
4.7435° or 4° 44′ 37″ east
Elevation
155 metres (509 feet)
Open location code
7F26RPMV+79
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Yelwa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يلوا”
- Catalan: “Yelwa”
- Dutch: “Yelwa”
- Fulah: “Yelwa”
- German: “Yelwa”
- Hausa: “Yelwa”
- Igbo: “Yelwa”
- Irish: “Yelwa”
- Lithuanian: “Jelva”
- Polish: “Yelwa”
- Swahili: “Yelwa”
- Yoruba: “Yelwa”
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